It happened. Not only did PokerStars make history with the largest-ever $25K buy-in tournament in the history of live tournament poker, the company’s investment in the event paid off in a unique way. One of the Platinum Pass winners won the tournament for $5.1 million. PokerStars awarded 320 Platinum Pass
Day 4 of the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) was an exciting one, as the remaining players dove deep into the money and pursued potentially life-changing payouts, all with the goal of making the final table. And at the top of that final table awaits $5.1 million and
Just before Christmas in 2018, the World Series of Poker offered up its core dates and some information about the 2019 summer schedule. It seems there is a lot in store for the 50th anniversary of the WSOP, all of it scheduled to happen in Las Vegas between May 28
Once upon a time, California appeared to be the state most likely to legalize online poker. There were bills introduced each year, and the majority of lawmakers saw the benefits of regulating the game, especially when Nevada did it and the possibility of sharing poker liquidity looked more realistic. And
One could say that 2018 was a year of adjustments for the Poker Alliance. It started the year as the PPA (Poker Players Alliance) but with more financial troubles than at any time in the past decade, and it ended as the Poker Alliance, a new group financed by Poker
There was little doubt that the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship was going to be a large tournament. Not only was the live tournament in the Bahamas to be rake-free, PokerStars planned to add approximately $9 million to the prize pool for the January event. A new record for
As 2018 came to a close, online poker legislation in New York was at rest again, having endured another year of inaction that killed the bill. Several years of hope and potential were once again dashed. One of the primary concerns going into 2019 was whether there would be a
Every one of the three major online poker sites in the world – PokerStars, 888poker, and PartyPoker – maintain a schedule of live tournament series. It connects the online poker world with the live circuit, giving poker players the chance to win entries into live events via online qualifiers and
Poker players from around the world spent much of today traveling to the airport in Nassau, Bahamas, then catching a cab or shuttle to Paradise Island, and exploring some of the massive Atlantis resort. Every January since 2004, players of varying bankrolls have been making the trek to the island
There are several media outlets and data collectors in poker that rank poker players on a yearly basis. Some tours do the same but based on their own tournaments and by season, like the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker. The most respected and popular rankings, however, come
The Global Poker Index (GPI) tracks poker players via their live tournament performances around the world as published by the venues and operators that host the events. Based on a 36-month period, the competitors are then ranked per a set of criteria that include the tournament buy-ins, field sizes, age
It’s just another year, some say. It’s just a new calendar. True, but there are numerous stories that have the potential to play out in very interesting ways in 2019. Based on poker industry happenings in 2018, there are some interesting stories on the horizon. Company mergers and acquisitions, a
